Event Details
NT Live Chequer Mead
Thursday 3 September 2015
Start time: 19:00
Finish time: 22:00
NT Live presents...
The Beaux Stratagem
Simon Godwin (Man and Superman) directs George Farquhar's wild comedy of love and cash.
The ‘Beaux’: Mr Aimwell and Mr Archer, two charming, dissolute young men who have blown their fortunes in giddy London. Shamed and debt-ridden, they flee to provincial Lichfield. Their ‘Stratagem’: to marry for money.
Lodged at the local inn, posing as master and servant, they encounter a teeming variety of human obstacles: a crooked landlord, a fearsome highwayman, a fervent French Count, a maid on the make, a drunken husband, a furious butler, a natural healer and a strange, turbulent priest.
But their greatest obstacle is love. When the Beaux meet their match in Dorinda and Mrs Sullen they are most at risk, for in love they might be truly discovered.
Performances
Thursday 3rd September at 7:00pm
Ticket Prices
Tickets: £12.00
Pensioners: £10.00
Chequer Mead Friends: £10.00
Children: £10.00
Students: £10.00
Box Office on 01342 302000